The Civilizing Machine: A Cultural History of Mexican Railroads, 1876-1910

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i n d e x References to illustrations are set in italic. References to tables are indicated with the letter “t” following the page locator. Abraham, Karl, 95 Adas, Michael, 279n100 El Ahuizote Jacobino, 217, 228, 247 El Ahuizotito, 181 El Alacrán, 188, 203, 207 Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, 124–25 Amecameca, 150 Amézquita y Gutiérrez, Perfecto, 159 Anderson, Benedict, 277n50, 277n55 Anderson, Rodney, 178, 287n6 Aréchiga, Jesús, 127 Arteaga, Eduardo, 39 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Company, 8, 41 Averardi, Nicolás, 239 ayuntamiento of Merida, 51 ayuntamiento of Mexico City, 152 ayuntamiento of Motul, 52 ayuntamiento of Querétaro, 136 ayuntamiento of Temax, 52 ayuntamientos, 104 Aztecs, 65–66, 124. See also Indians banditry, 11, 236 Barranca del Infiernillo (the Little Hell Ravine), 10 Barranca de Metlac (the Metlac Ravine), 10 Beezley, William, 33, 120, 272n62, 277n50 Belén, 201, 220 Benítez, Justo, 32, 37, 38, 41, 49– 50, 241 Benjamin, Walter, 13–14, 135, 137, 267n2 Berman, Marshall, 274n3 Bolaños Cacho, Miguel, 85 El Boletín de la Cooperación, 29 Bragg, E. S., 131 Brazil, 24 La Broma, 75 Buenavista station, 7, 8, 9, 113, 179, 185, 204, 208 Buenrostro, Felipe, 37, 38 El Buen Tono (cigarette brand), 90–91, 91, 118, 119, 119 Buffington, Robert, 286n136, 291n60 inde x 312 bullfights, 79–80, 133, 272n63 Bulnes, Francisco, 28, 116, 153 Burns, E. Bradford, 262n15 Bustamante, Anastasio, 9 Caballero, Manuel, 70 Cabrera, Daniel, 201–3, 220–24, 227–28, 236, 238–39, 242, 242, 250, 254, 286n140 Calderón, Francisco, 284n92 Camacho, Sebastián, 27 “El camino de ultratumba,” 193. See also corridos Camp, Roderic Ai, 292n80 Cañada de Metlac, 60 Cáñedo, Elvira Iñíguez de, 131 Cárdenas, Enrique, 266n86 Cardoso, Joaquín, 164–67, 171, 173 Casarín, José, 251–52 Catholic press. See media Celada, Francisco (poet), 248 centennial of Mexican Independence , 120, 251–52 cerebral shock, 166. See also dolores morales; indemnification; lawsuits ; railroad accidents; “railway spine” Chavero, Alfredo, 39 Chávez, Gregorio, 238 Chihuahua City, 71 El Chile Piquín, 180 El Chisme, 156, 176, 201, 203, 207, 228–29 científicos, 56, 58, 68, 115, 125, 126, 156, 217, 255, 269n13. See also Porfirian elites; positivism Cimó Queiroz, Paulo Roberto, 24 civic ceremonies: celebration of Porfirio Díaz during, 11, 115–16; promotion of modern values and, 106, 141; promotion of national identity and, 120, 276n47. See also fiestas presidenciales; railroad inaugurations civilizing mission, 11, 252; European imperialism and, 12–13, 68, 279n100; proper behaviors and 11–12; work ethic and 11–12. See also Porfirian elites The Civilizing Process (Elias), 12, 279n100 Clark, Kim, 24–25, 270–71n33 coaches, 7, 74 El Coahuilense, 34 Coatepec, 150 Coatsworth, John, 261n12, 266n76 Coatzacoalcos, 118 Coatzacoalcos Electric Company, 118 Cockcroft, James, 287n6 Código de la Reforma (Gutiérrez), 166 Coerver, Don, 18 Collantes, Pedro, 42 El Cómico, 72, 76, 77, 86, 185, 186–87, 187 commodity fetishism, 14 Comte, Auguste, 126 El Congreso Obrero, 151–52 Congress, 27, 32, 36–40, 51 conspicuous consumption, 134 Constitutionalists, 257 Constitution of 1857, 11, 41, 110, 111, 116, 160, 201, 218, 232, 234, 239, 240, 241, 287n3 Constitution of 1917, 257 Conventionists, 257 Corral, Ramón, 123 El Correo de Chihuahua, 34 inde x 313 El Correo de las Señoras, 57, 70 El Correo de la Tarde, 36 El Correo de México, 188 El Correo de San Luis, 137 “El corrido del descarrilamiento de Temamatla,” 152–53, 192–93. See also corridos corridos, 126–28, 144, 147, 152, 191–94, 230–31, 254; anti-Americanism in, 128, 231 Corrigan, Philip, 262n26, 262n28 Cosío Villegas, Daniel, 107 cosmopolitanism: national identity and, 11, 131, 169, 171, 253. See also modernization; Porfirian elites El Coyote, 65 La Crónica Mexicana, 93, 95 El Cronista de México, 42, 61, 80, 147, 148; distribution of, 57 cubrepolvos, 131 cultural hegemony: and Porfirian rule, 16–17. See also Gramsci, Antonio Day of the Dead, 121 De la Hoz, Santiago, 246 De la Vega, Santiago, 246 developmentalist ideology, 68, 263n41, 271n37 El Diablito Bromista, 152, 181, 203, 229–30, 248–49, 287n1 El Diablito Rojo, 185, 193, 194, 201, 229, 230–31, 248, 287n1 El Diario de Jalisco, 129, 131 El Diario del Hogar, 70, 201, 237 Díaz, Porfirio: banquet held in honor of, 113...